Table 4_3_1-1

2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 4_3_1.1
Hospital patients with heart failure who received recommended hospital care,^a United States, 2005-2008
		2008		2007		2006		2005
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		95.0	0.0	93.1	0.0	90.2	0.0	87.7	0.0
Gender	Male	95.2	0.0	93.3	0.0	90.5	0.0	88.3	0.0
Gender	Female	94.8	0.0	92.8	0.0	90.0	0.0	87.2	0.0
Race	White	94.9	0.0	92.9	0.0	90.0	0.0	87.4	0.0
	Black	95.6	0.0	93.9	0.0	91.4	0.1	89.1	0.1
	Hispanic	93.8	0.1	91.6	0.1	89.3	0.1	86.7	0.1
	AI/AN	91.4	0.5	90.3	0.4	86.3	0.5	85.9	0.5
	Asian	95.6	0.2	93.5	0.2	90.1	0.3	86.6	0.3
Age	Under 65	95.8	0.0	94.2	0.0	91.9	0.0	89.7	0.1
	65-74	95.1	0.0	93.1	0.1	90.3	0.1	88.0	0.1
	75-84	94.8	0.0	93.0	0.0	90.0	0.1	87.3	0.1
	85 and over	94.0	0.1	91.5	0.1	88.2	0.1	85.0	0.1

^a Includes evaluation of left ventricular ejection fraction and ACE inhibitor or ARB prescription at discharge, if indicated, for left ventricular systolic dysfunction.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; ACE: angiotensin-converting enzyme; ARB: angiotensin receptor blocker; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Program.

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 4_3_1-1: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/4_heartdiseases/T4_3_1-1.html